Questions to Avoid at Interviews…Who Gets Raises … Job Search Apps

At the end of an interview, job candidates should have questions to pose to a future employer. However, here are a few categories of queries that should not make that list.

Questions with obvious answers. If you ask the interviewer to tell you about the company or about the job description, it just shows you haven’t done your homework.

Questions about salary, benefits, or upward movement. Slow down! These answers will come eventually, but from the interviewer. If you push, you send up a red flag that you are looking at the position for the wrong reasons.

Questions about policies that show you in a negative light. Inquiries about Internet usage policy, for example, just might tip off the interviewer that you plan to check social media or shop during work hours. If you ask about drug testing, you’ve raised attention to an issue that may not even be relevant to the hiring process.–from PayScale

Do People Who Ask for Raises Get Them?

Although 43 percent of workers have asked for a raise in the last year, only 44 percent of those received the amount they wanted, according to new research. Twenty-five percent who asked for raises received none at all. Over one-fourth of those surveyed said they were too uncomfortable to ask for raises. This group tended to be at the lower end of the salary scale. –from The Atlantic

Job Search Apps for Students

Yes, there is an app for that! Here are a few apps to help college students find jobs.

Hidden Jobs App: Tracks hiring announcements to jobs that may never be posted.